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3 Day Southern Highlights Tour
 Trip Type: Independent Tour Tour Duration: Three Days (Extra days and activities can be requested when booking)
Priced From: NZ$865.00
Starts From: Christchurch - Tour departs daily, including Christmas day and other public holidays. Departs GreatSights Coach Depot at 7.30am.Ends At: Christchurch Comments:
Included: Prices are per person and include: Pick up from your Christchurch hotel/motel, coach travel, two night's accommodation in Queenstown, and a Milford Sound Scenic Cruise & Picnic Lunch.
Not Included:
Extras:
Price: NZ$
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| Single | Double | Triple | |||
| Tourist (Motel) | NZ$1,170.00 | NZ$930.00 | NZ$865.00 | - | |
| Quality (Hotel) | NZ$1,280.00 | NZ$985.00 | NZ$930.00 | - |
Your credit card will be charged in New Zealand Dollars. Other currencies displayed are automatically calculated and are approximate values only.
Prices valid for travel from 1st September 2011 to 30 September 2012
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NOTE: If you wish to stay longer at any overnight location, extra days can be inserted into the tour.Please request the extra days when you book.
HIGHLIGHTS - included in the fare
- Mount Cook - NZ's highest mountain
- Mount Cook National Park
- Queenstown
- Milford Sound Cruise & Picnic Lunch
- Fiordland National Park
New Zealand Tour Map
Day 1: Christchurch - Mount Cook - Queenstown
Travel south with Great Sights following the foothills of the Southern Alps to Mount Cook Village via Lakes Tekapo and Pukaiki. Lunch (own expense) is at Mount Cook Village - time is available to look around Mt Cook village or to visit the Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre. Continue onto Queenstown travelling via the Lindis Pass and the Kawarau Gorge. Arrive into Queenstown at 6.30pm.
Accommodation: Scenic Suites Queenstown, Bella Vista Motel or similar.
Travel south with Great Sights following the foothills of the Southern Alps to Mount Cook Village via Lakes Tekapo and Pukaiki. Lunch (own expense) is at Mount Cook Village - time is available to look around Mt Cook village or to visit the Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre. Continue onto Queenstown travelling via the Lindis Pass and the Kawarau Gorge. Arrive into Queenstown at 6.30pm.
Accommodation: Scenic Suites Queenstown, Bella Vista Motel or similar.
Day 2: Full day Excursion to Milford Sound
A full day tour to the World Heritage listed, Fiordland National Park - a truly spectacular region of snow capped mountains, glacier lakes, fiords, waterfalls and dense forest. From Te Anau, travel to the forested Eglinton Valley, Mirror Lakes, Homer Tunnel and Chasm before arriving into Milford Sound. Enjoy a one and a half hour cruise of Milford Sound viewing the spectacular waterfalls and Mitre Peak. Arrive back into Queenstown approx. 7.45pm.
Accommodation: Scenic Suites Queenstown, Bella Vista Motel or similar.
A full day tour to the World Heritage listed, Fiordland National Park - a truly spectacular region of snow capped mountains, glacier lakes, fiords, waterfalls and dense forest. From Te Anau, travel to the forested Eglinton Valley, Mirror Lakes, Homer Tunnel and Chasm before arriving into Milford Sound. Enjoy a one and a half hour cruise of Milford Sound viewing the spectacular waterfalls and Mitre Peak. Arrive back into Queenstown approx. 7.45pm.
Accommodation: Scenic Suites Queenstown, Bella Vista Motel or similar.
Day 3: Queenstown - Christchurch
Today depart Queenstown on the Newmans service via the stone fruit growing area of Cromwell, the town of Omarama famous for its gliding, Tekapo and the rural towns of Fairlie, Geraldine and Methven through to Christchurch where you arrive approx. 4.10pm.
Today depart Queenstown on the Newmans service via the stone fruit growing area of Cromwell, the town of Omarama famous for its gliding, Tekapo and the rural towns of Fairlie, Geraldine and Methven through to Christchurch where you arrive approx. 4.10pm.
